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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2021, 8:19 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2021, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
959
WWUS83 KMPX 060119
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
819 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021
MNZ057-058-060200-
Kandiyohi-Meeker-
819 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTHERN
KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
At 819 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Willmar, moving
east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Willmar, Litchfield, New London, Atwater, Grove City, Kandiyohi,
Blomkest, Svea, Willmar Airport, Strout and Priam.
LAT...LON 4532 9471 4506 9444 4490 9511 4506 9525
4508 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 248DEG 29KT 4506 9504
$$
BPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 8 min |
| Apr 5, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 20 min |
| Apr 5, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Wright | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 11:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 41 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.